LG Nexus 5 FCC filing seems to match supposed leak on Google lawn

Haven't we seen this before? There's more evidence to suggest that LG and Google are working together on the Nexus 5 phone in light of newly declassified Federal Communications Commission documents. The FCC filing points to a full-featured LG smartphone known only by the codename of LG D820. While this mysterious codename doesn't tip us off to as whether...

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Apple faces labor abuse allegations...again

Trouble for the big Apple Though the bubbly invitations have been sent for Apple's Sept. 10 Cupertino event where we might finally see the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, recent reports once again, show a darker side of Apple. China Labor Watch released a statement today about the conditions of Jabil Green Point, a U.S. owned factory in Wuxi, China purportedly...

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Revealed: new features for the next generation smartphones

We are still some way off a see-through phone Qualcomm has offered us a look behind the curtain at some of the new features which could be arriving in the next batch of smartphones. Speaking at Qualcomm's annual Uplinq conference in San Diego Raj Talluri, SVP Product Management, revealed what the firm was working towards as it readies it processors for the...

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LG G2 US pricing and availability get detailed

Details on the LG G2 pricing and release date in the United States were released by AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless. The Android beast will hit the retail shelves of the trio of carriers this month. AT&T will be the first to release the LG G2. The carrier will have the device available to order online starting tomorrow, September 6 for $199.99 with a...

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Mozilla reckons your smartphone is a jail

Let us out! Think Android is free and easy? Well think again, as according to Mozilla it's a jail - along with iOS and Windows Phone. Mozilla is doing a lot of work on HTML 5, mainly through it's Firefox OS offering, to provide a system which will work across all platforms without the need to develop for each different vendor. "Mobile phones are jails,...

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Lenovo reveals ultra-thin Vibe X 5-inch smartphone

The IFA 2013 announcement festivities continue with Lenovo's announcement of the new Vibe X ultra-thin smartphone. At 6.9mm thin and a weight of 120 g, the device is one of the most compact to be found sporting a 5-inch 1080p display. Under the hood, you'll find a 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589T processor, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage. There's also...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3: Where can I get it?

Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear: BFFs The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 release date is alarmingly soon - September 25, to be exact - so now's the time to start planning when and where you'll get hold of one. The newly announced phone-that-moonlights-as-a-tablet is coming to a number of British networks, and we've sorted out what's what to make life easier for you....

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Lenovo Vibe X's 5MP front camera makes it perfect for taking selfies

Tita's got it, I tell ya Rita's got it, oh Lenovo's got it, and Kim's got it, yeah Lenovo's bringing all the vibes all the time with a new smartphone that is very, um, Lenovo despite its 'youthful' product name, Lenovo Vibe X. Let's be fair, it's quite slim ("as thin as a pencil!" claims Lenovo) and it weighs 121g ("five AA batteries!") which is a fair...

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Sony Xperia Z1 camera samples, fresh off the IFA booth

The Sony Xperia Z1 went official yesterday at IFA in Berlin, and today we've got the camera samples taken directly from our visit to the Sony booth. First up are several 16:9 camera samples in the maximum allowable resolution for that aspect ratio, 8MP. You'll see some accurate colors and good dynamic range considering the interior lighting, but the oversharpening filter...

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iPlayer TV downloads hit Android app at last

Just offlining to a Nexus 7, don't even worry about it Certain Android users can now download shows from the iPlayer app to watch offline, thanks to a new update from the Beeb. The updated Android app will be available from the Google Play Store later today, with the Amazon App Store also featuring it "in the coming days", and will let you download a range...

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Xiaomi unleashes the Mi-3, you pick Tegra 4 or Snapdragon 800

Xiaomi has revealed its MiPhone 3 (or just Mi-3) at a product event in Beijing today, just as previously expected. As recent rumors suggested, the device is powered by either a Tegra 4 with four Cortex-A15 cores (for China Mobile) or a Snapdragon 800 with four Krait 400 cores at 2.2 GHz each (for China Unicom). The Xiaomi Mi-3 will cost RMB1999 ($327) for the 16 gig...

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Android in Aug 2013: Donut and Eclair no longer in the charts

Google has stopped delivering distribution information on Android versions 1.6 Donut and 2.1 Eclair as the two don't support the Google Play store app. Since developers mostly care about the phones that do support that, Google will no longer be posting those allegedly irrelevant numbers. Last month the two Android iterations accounted for a mere 1.3% of the entire platform...

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